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http://www.freerepublic.com/WhiskeyGrinder
(22,307 posts)Three hours ago, via their FB page:
Received a two part message from John. The first part went into some of the horror stories of procurement, replacement and recovery but he ended it upbeat. Sounds like he's making great progress. Says he's going to go up to San Jose and purchase some additional equipment then he should be ready to install. And he says installation should be straightforward as the drive is pre-loaded and ready to go. The only thing he left off was the timing and I haven't heard back from him on that yet. Oops, he just responded to my question if we were going to be up today.. Said it depends on how many unexpected problems like he had yesterday pop up. Prayers up!
yardwork
(61,538 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(22,307 posts)sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)to get material? I guess they're in the one spot on earth that doesn't get overnight delivery.
I'd love to check out the set up. Probably runs on old AOL disks.
csziggy
(34,131 posts)And those are cash only deals.
Volaris
(10,266 posts)He thinks cause it sounds Mexican, none of the posters on his excuse of a message board will go looking for it there...too many fureners around for their taste, so that's where he stashes the cash he's grifted from them.
FSogol
(45,446 posts)any day now to update to Winders 98SE!
Raster
(20,998 posts)...let's face it: the whole website IS RANSOMWARE.
sakabatou
(42,136 posts)Lochloosa
(16,061 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)Locutusofborg
(524 posts)posted the exact same explanation for the site being down several years ago.
Raster
(20,998 posts)tammywammy
(26,582 posts)Kaleva
(36,246 posts)csziggy
(34,131 posts)Should I be generous and offer to ship it to them?
Kaleva
(36,246 posts)csziggy
(34,131 posts)I haven't tried to fire it up, but the last time Dad turned it on, about thirty years ago, it booted just fine. The major problem was that the floppy drives wore out and he couldn't find any replacements. He bought a 286 as his upgrade from the Commodore. The occasion of testing it was when I gave him my old 486 and hauled off his old computers.
I also have the TI-99 that Dad bought for Mom. It is still in the box and has never been turned on.
I need to find a computer museum for these things.